Gathering called: United Auto Workers officials at General...

December 09, 1992

Gathering called: United Auto Workers officials at General Motors Corp. plants around the country have been called to Michigan next week, presumably to vote on details of an early-retirement package to be offered to union members, several union officials said. GM and the UAW have been negotiating on the package for several months. The talks have taken on urgency because GM`s $3.35 billion income-security fund is in danger of running out. Neither GM nor UAW spokesmen would comment on whether a deal had been reached. But UAW Vice President Stephen Yokich told members of the union`s GM Council last month that he would call them to Detroit once an agreement was reached.